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Cavendish

ca·ven·dish

UK/ˈkævəndɪʃ/ US/ˈkævʌndɪʃ/ uncommon

noun

1.

British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)

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* (English village): "Cāfna's enclosure", from Old English personal name *Cāfna + edisċ (“pasture”); recorded as Kauanadisc in 1086 (DB). * (in Vermont): Likely named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. * (banana): Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.

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